A Literary Limerick – The Harry Potter Saga

As promised (threatened?) here is the Harry Potter Limerick Omnibus! (Sounds so much more dignified than it really is…)
None of the limericks have been edited, except for the titles to make them more consistent.
Enjoy!

Book One: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

A young boy with a scar on his head
His parents, both sadly were deadWhen he reached age eleven,
thought he’d been admitted to heaven
But had to fight the “2 headed” teacher instead.

Book Two: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Everyone said that it was a secret
But Harry’s interest was piquedGuilderoy was no help –
At his own shadow he yelped.
But with a phoenix, the basilisk was beated.

Book Three: Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban

The dog in the bushes was mysterious.
Harry though that he might be deliriousThere were a wolf and a mouse
In a very haunted house
but the hero, in the end, was Sirius

Book Four: Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire

For Harry, the competition was grim
When it got down to Cedric and him.They went from the maze
to a field full of graves
Soon-to-be-sparkly Diggory died on a whim…

Book Five: Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix

The fighting was close and intense
Splinters and dust clouds so denseSirius turned quite pale
As he went through the veil.
Wait a minute – Love is Harry’s defense?!?

Book Six: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
Sirius had gone through the veil.
In Dark Arts, Snape threatened Harry with “Fail”But Harry did more
Hangin’ with Dumbledore.
If only he’d built the balcony a rail

Book Seven: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part One

Find the Horcruxii was what Harry must do.
Set off with friends to defeat You Know Who…But just like the flick –
though it might make you sick –
this limerick will be split into two.

Book Seven: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part Two

Poor Dobby, he laid down his life.
And Ron pissed off his soon-to-be wifebut Harry stood tall,
one (ring) Wand to rule them all

Although I’ve never seen a Harry Potter movie or read one of the books (reading is for people who are literate, anyway), but because Rowling’s books have so perniciously infiltrated the popular culture, I was able to appreciate most of what you did. For whatever reason, I’m tickled by the “beated” basilisk.

Guap, it took me way to long to get here, but this is a fabulous collection of the best of the best of Harry Potter. I loved the books and you really did sparkle in writing these, way more than Cedric.